Col (Dr) Bibhu Kalyan Nayak, a native of Bhubaneswar, was named as the FIH Medical Officer (MO) for the Tokyo Olympic Games 2020 for the discipline of hockey which will be held between July 25, 2020 and August 7, 2020.
An expert in Sports Traumatology and Sports Exercise Physiology, Nayak was also the medical officer for the Odisha Hockey Men’s World Cup held in Bhubaneswar in 2018.
He has extensively trained in Sports Traumatology and Sports and Exercise Physiology from the National Institute of Sports Medicine at
Havana, Cuba and National Sports Centre at Madrid, Spain. Nayak became the first Indian to be appointed as a MO for the Summer Olympic Games in the discipline of hockey.
“I am extremely honoured that the FIH recognises my work at the Hockey World Cup last year and has again considered an Indian doctor for the role of a MO for the Olympic Games. It was a childhood dream to be at the Olympics. It is a huge responsibility and I’m confident of doing justice to the role. It will be of great pleasure working with elite athletes from around the globe,” he said.
